So i had the option to install either Postfix/Pop3/Imap or Courier-IMAP/Courier-POP3

What i did was installed Postfix with Courier-IMAP/Courier-POP3

But to tell you the honest truth i don;t know which is the best to isntall so if you can enlighten me on this feature i would be much obliged...at least your personal view on which is best etc.

Thansk again
Nick

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I prefer Postfix with Courier-POP3/Courier-IMAP because it uses Maildir which means that ebery mail is stored in a single file instead of one large file for all (like in the mbox format). So you have less problems with corrupted mail boxes, quotas, etc.

This means you have to enable Maildir under Management -> Server -> Settings -> Email.

So you're saying that i should set up only Postfix/Imap/Pop3 using the SMTP-AUTH and TLS? and using the Maildir format?

So, the best thing is to re-install Debain/ISPconfig and installing the above stating postfix + smtp-auth etc!?

also..as we're in the re-installing area..do you think ubuntu is better than debian? (as i just found out there is an install howto for ubuntu now) ~! Or there is another better (ie more prefered) OS you deem more effective as a Server operating system!

So you're saying that i should set up only Postfix/Imap/Pop3 using the SMTP-AUTH and TLS? and using the Maildir format?

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No, it was you who said that you had installed Postfix and Courier:

nformosa said:

So i had the option to install either Postfix/Pop3/Imap or Courier-IMAP/Courier-POP3

What i did was installed Postfix with Courier-IMAP/Courier-POP3

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nformosa said:

So, the best thing is to re-install Debain/ISPconfig and installing the above stating postfix + smtp-auth etc!?

also..as we're in the re-installing area..do you think ubuntu is better than debian? (as i just found out there is an install howto for ubuntu now) ~! Or there is another better (ie more prefered) OS you deem more effective as a Server operating system!

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Don't know why you want to re-install. Postfix and Courier are installed, so everything is fine.

As i told you installed the courier-imap / courier-pop3, but i wanted to make sure, since i'm resinstalling that i'm doing the right thing.

There is a section in the debian sarge howto about Postfix/Pop3/imap; should i first follow this then run the part of the courier imap/op3 or just install postfix then jump to the section Courier-impa / courier-pop3?

There is a section in the debian sarge howto about Postfix/Pop3/imap; should i first follow this then run the part of the courier imap/op3 or just install postfix then jump to the section Courier-impa / courier-pop3?

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Follow the complete postfix/pop3/imap installation and then proceed with the courier setup. The other pop3 / imap will be automatically removed by apt.

Are you sure that the mail is actually delivered to your system and not to another one (because of DNS misconfiguration etc.)? When you send a test mail to your box, can you see appropriate log entries in /var/log/mail.log?